Project details
Client
Clyde Gateway Developments
Amy Wimpenny
Project Manager
0141 276 1562
Amy.wimpenny@clydegateway.com
Value
£2.09m
Duration
January 2018 – September 2018
WHK Team
Robert Macnaughton
John Cairns
Donny Wright
Fiona Rodden
Building Safety Group Ltd
Client Team
Brown + Wallace
INCH Architecture & Design
David Narro Associates
Atelier Ten
Fiona Sinclair Conservation
Project Benefits
10 Local SME’s Subcontracted
4 New Employees
3 Local Material Suppliers
Overview
Built around 1890, the Gas Purifier and Gas Meter House are 2 of the last remaining former industrial buildings in Dalmarnock, representing excellent examples of Glasgow’s historical industrial architecture.
Clyde Gateway acquired the buildings in 2010 developing proposals to reinvent the buildings as a community focussed Hub for creativity and social enterprise.
Following a highly competitive tendering procedure which required evidence of exacting detail in structural rebuild and use of traditional materials, we were delighted to be appointed Main Contractor for this first phase to make the building safe whilst retaining architectural features.
Scope of work
The works centred around essential structural repairs, sensitive fabric repairs, re-roofing, rooflights and careful restoration of key design elements to preserve the buildings’ long term future. The existing asbestos roof sheeting was carefully removed.
Unique features included the double-vaulted steel roof structure and brick detailing which was replicated using reclaimed brick to match existing.
Major elements included large areas of brickwork repair and repointing, with areas of cracking and joint fractures undergoing stitch repairs
The fabric repair and re-roofing we undertaken in a phased approach to facilitate the hosting of the 2018 Glasgow International Arts Festival.